恨铁不成钢

lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations

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to hate / to regret

= + : Hamlet (h) hates (恨) it when people spit their chewing gums (艮) on the encampment's bathroom's ((e)n4) floor, since he has to clean it. Just in case he waves with a flail (忄) at any guest who has a chewing gum.
surname Tie

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) is looking for a new iron weapon (铁) to defend herself. So far she was using a golden harpoon (钅), but the gold is just too soft. Inside of the elevator (e3) she is searching a lost+found box with her golden harpoon for an iron weapon (铁).
iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) is looking for a new iron weapon (铁) to defend herself. So far she was using a golden harpoon (钅), but the gold is just too soft. Inside of the elevator (e3) she is searching a lost+found box with her golden harpoon for an iron weapon (铁).
(negative prefix) / not / no

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
surname Cheng

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.

= + : Charlie Chaplin is queuing at the engine's kitchen, which is blocked by a neuron until the progress bar above shows 100%. Unfortunately it has been stuck at 99% for two hours now. If it doesn't finish soon, Charlie will get completely mad and destroy the neuron himself with his spear.
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a progress bar stuck at 99%.

= + : Charlie Chaplin is queuing at the engine's kitchen, which is blocked by a neuron until the progress bar above shows 100%. Unfortunately it has been stuck at 99% for two hours now. If it doesn't finish soon, Charlie will get completely mad and destroy the neuron himself with his spear.
steel

= + : Guy Fawkes (g) is looking for a steel (钢) well on a mound (冈) in front of the anglepod (ang1). Multiple times he sticks his golden harpoon (钅) into the earth until finally the liquid steel bursts out of the earth like oil out of a drill hole.

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